Mountaineering Commission

The Mountaineering Commission deals with training standards, ethics and regulations of mountaineering. It operates through its two working groups, the Training Standards Working Group and The Legal Experts Working Group (LEWG). Read about the Mountaineering Commission here.

Training Standards
Information about Model Training Standards for Voluntary Leaders and Instructors and other mountaineering training activities can be found at our Training Standards page. Federations that want to apply for the Training Label should read the requirements for meeting the standards, fill out the application form and/or contact the Training Standards Working Group.

Ethics and Law
The UIAA is actively involved in the process of writing UIAA documents on climbing and mountaineering ethics and led the work for UIAA Summit charter  for the International Year of Mountains 2002. We also monitor and discuss ethical issues including the use of fixed equipment for climbing, particularly at vulnerable areas, such as archaeological sites. We have developed a discussion paper titled "To bolt or not to be" on this issue. An updated version of this paper will be published in 2012.